Have you ever walked past The Leeds Library on Commercial Street and wanted to find out more about our beautiful building and its collection? …Then book a free tour! The […]

William Fryer Harvey (1885-1937), a son of Leeds and member of a prominent Leeds Quaker family is best known today – if he’s known at all – as a writer […]

Please be aware that due to licencing restrictions we cannot advertise the details of the films we show online. Please ask at the library counter for information, or look for […]

Have you ever walked past The Leeds Library on Commercial Street and wanted to find out more about our beautiful building and its collection? …Then book a free tour! The […]

Yorkshire-born Sophia Gray’s wide-ranging legacy is little known in the northern hemisphere. In South Africa however Gray is widely acknowledged and still fêted as the country’s first woman architect, credited […]

Step beyond Yorkshire's familiar landscapes and into its shadowy past with Paranormal Yorkshire, the captivating new book by Meryl James. From ancient manor houses and medieval castles to lonely bridges, […]

This talk will examine the historic account of the haunting that occurred at the Leeds Library in the 1880s, looking at the individuals involved in the case and why in […]

Have you ever walked past The Leeds Library on Commercial Street and wanted to find out more about our beautiful building and its collection? …Then book a free tour! The […]